Bug: Converted areas don't have valid datestamps on them.
Danger: Trivial - Mainly a cosmetic thing. Has no real impact on anything.
Discovered in: AFKMud 2.02
Found by: Ransom
Fixed by: Remcon

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areaconvert.cpp

At the top of the includes list, add:

#include 

areaconvert.cpp, load_stock_area_file

Locate:

   area_data *tarea = NULL;
   char *word;

   if( manual )
   {
      char fname[256];

      snprintf( fname, 256, "%s%s", AREA_CONVERT_DIR, filename );
      if( !( fpArea = fopen( fname, "r" ) ) )
      {
         perror( fname );
         bug( "%s: Error locating area file for conversion. Not present in conversion directory.", __FUNCTION__ );
         return;
      }
   }
   else if( !( fpArea = fopen( filename, "r" ) ) )
   {
      perror( filename );
      bug( "%s: error loading file (can't open) %s", __FUNCTION__, filename );
      return;
   }

Change to:

   area_data *tarea = NULL;
   char *word;
   struct stat fst;
   time_t umod = 0;

   if( manual )
   {
      char fname[256];

      snprintf( fname, 256, "%s%s", AREA_CONVERT_DIR, filename );
      if( !( fpArea = fopen( fname, "r" ) ) )
      {
         perror( fname );
         bug( "%s: Error locating area file for conversion. Not present in conversion directory.", __FUNCTION__ );
         return;
      }
      if( stat( fname, &fst ) != -1 )
         umod = fst.st_mtime;
   }
   else if( !( fpArea = fopen( filename, "r" ) ) )
   {
      perror( filename );
      bug( "%s: error loading file (can't open) %s", __FUNCTION__, filename );
      return;
   }

   if( umod == 0 && stat( filename, &fst ) != -1 )
      umod = fst.st_mtime;

Locate:

      if( tarea->low_vnum < 0 || tarea->hi_vnum < 0 )
         bug( "%-20s: Bad Vnum Range", tarea->filename );
      if( !tarea->author )
         tarea->author = STRALLOC( "Unknown" );

Change to:

      if( tarea->low_vnum < 0 || tarea->hi_vnum < 0 )
         bug( "%-20s: Bad Vnum Range", tarea->filename );
      if( !tarea->author )
         tarea->author = STRALLOC( "Unknown" );
      if( !tarea->creation_date )
         tarea->creation_date = umod;
      if( !tarea->install_date )
         tarea->install_date = umod;

This is mainly an aesthetic thing. Converted areas will not carry a date/time stamp for their creation or installation since Smaug does not have these fields. Remcon's fix will use the file's last modification date to make a semi-educated guess. This is likely to result in inaccurate data, but it's still going to be marginally better than having areas show up as being created and installed in 1969.